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Korean/Questions
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Grammar
Forming questions
To form questions in high form (존댓말), simply add the ending 습니까? if the verb stem ends in a consonant or ㅂ니까? if it ends in a vowel.
Example: 당신은 어디로 가고 있습니까? (Where are you going?)
When forming questions in middle and low form, the questions are implied by a rising final tone, much like in English. The ending for middle form is 요? For low form, just leave off any ending and use just the raw verb stem.
Example(middle): 당신은 언제 미국에 왔어요? (When did you come to America?)
Example(low): 넌 어디 갔다왔어? (Where have you been?)
Interrogative pronouns
무엇
The interrogative pronoun 무엇 means "what". In speech, it is often contracted to 뭐:
이게 뭐예요?
What is this?
뭐라고 했어요?
What did [you] say?
뭐하니?
What are [you] doing?
The pronoun 누구 means "who". It contracts before 가 to make 누가.
The pronoun 어디 means "where".
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